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Preliminary Report: Commander 690b breaks up in flight

Rockwell 690B, Homerville, Ga., March 27, 2003–At 1:13 a.m.

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

February 5, 2008

Rockwell 690B, Homerville, Ga., March 27, 2003–At 1:13 a.m. EST Commander 690B N53LG broke up in flight while descending in the vicinity of Homerville. The commercial-rated pilot and ATP-rated passenger were killed in the accident. N53LG was registered to Haulers Insurance and was on a repositioning flight operating under Part 91. The flight had originated in Mount Pleasant, Tenn. VMC prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed.

A review of the radar data revealed the airplane was at 27,000 feet heading southeast at 1:11:41 a.m. At 1:11:55 it was in a left turn at 26,600 feet. At 1:11:57 the airplane was at 25,700 feet, and at 1:12:04 it was heading northeast at 23,200 feet.
At 1:12:10 the pilot of N53LG stated, “Mayday, Mayday.” The controller asked the aircraft calling to say again and there was no response. The last radar return was at 1:12:16 when the airplane was at 16,500 feet.

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